Density and Earth Science Vocabulary
Across
- 3. Resting on top of a liquid
- 5. A way of measuring the volume of an irregular object by seeing how much water rises
- 7. The largest layer of the Earth (84% of the planet) below the crust and above the outer core.
- 8. To go to the bottom of a liquid (opposite of floating)
- 9. The top and thinnest layer of the Earth made of land and water
- 10. The amount of space an object takes up
- 11. The layer of Earth just below the lower mantle and above the inner core, which is made of liquid iron and nickel
Down
- 1. The layer of the Earth just below the lithosphere and makes up a part of the mantle
- 2. How compact something is, it also determines if an object will sink or float on certain liquids
- 4. The uppermost part of the mantle that covers some of the crust. This layer is above the asthenosphere
- 6. The innermost and densest layer of the Earth made of solid iron and nickel
- 7. The amount of matter in an object